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Originally Posted by mojocasterman
Thanks for the pic. Please don't feel like you could ever post too many
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Sort of like the gauntlet has been thrown...
After several passes the MDF template is no longer needed. In fact, the cutters are not long enough to use the template. So the template is removed and the body itself is used as a template.
Pretty slick the way that works.
A word on tools.
I do all of this on pretty simple equipment in the garage. Here is my routing setup.
I'll clean everything up before I start the finish. (I'll even move the NEON out of before I start shootinig nitro )
With the router (1/4" 5/8HP - I think) I use, I am limited in the size of the cutters that I can use. Can't do the entire outside with a top-bearing cutter. For the last cut I have to switch over to a cutter with the bearing on the bottom. Flip the body over and cut from the bottom...
This is what we are after...
ALL that is left on this one is to machine the neck pocket, the control and pickup cavities, and (my favorite part) the channel for the binding.
Probably be done for lunch!
Lunch a week from next Wednesday that is.